Kamkus College of law celebrated World Environment Day on 05th of June. The official theme for World Environment Day 2025 is “Beat Plastic Pollution.” The campaign aims to raise global awareness about the harmful impacts of plastic waste on ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. World Environment Day in 2025 will focus on ending plastic pollution. The Republic of Korea will host the global celebrations.

For decades, plastic pollution has seeped into every corner of the world, leaching into the water we drink, into the food we eat, and our bodies. While plastic pollution is a major concern, it is also one of the most fixable of today’s environmental challenges, with some obvious solutions at hand.

Plastic pollution exacerbates the deadly impacts of the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature, land and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. Globally, an estimated 11 million tons of plastic waste leak into aquatic ecosystems each year, while micro-plastic accumulate in the soil from sewage and landfills, due to the use of plastics in agricultural products. The annual social and environmental cost of plastic pollution ranges between US$300 billion and US$600 billion.

This year’s World Environment Day observance comes as countries make progress towards securing a global treaty to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. In November 2024, the Republic of Korea hosted the fifth session of negotiations to develop a plastic pollution treaty. The second part of the session will take place from 5 to 14 August in Geneva, Switzerland.

Students have made Posters On the theme of the Year. LL.M. Students Performed a Speech on “need of preserving the environment and natural resources”. Students Planted various trees and also distributed paper bags to the people in order to create awareness among the people that Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems today. Plastic items take hundreds of years to break down. They harm animals, pollute our oceans, and even enter our food and water. All the Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Members were present.